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Washington School First Graders

Date: 04 28 1948
Description: First grade students at Madison's Washington School used special activities to help build their vocabularies. In this photograph students are watching a "m...
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Art Work at Taliesin

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Description: Art work, including Japanese prints, at Taliesin, the summer home of architect Frank Lloyd Wright. A large painted screen hangs on the wall, and fabric sam...
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Living/Dining Room of Taliesin

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Description: Living/dining room at Taliesin looking towards the Bird Walk. Much of the furniture in the image is Wright designed. There are various types of pottery dis...
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West High School Homecoming Dance

Date: 10 05 1950
Description: Making decorations for West High School's homecoming dance are the following West students: Richard Hanson, Betsy Severson, Marilyn Jones, and Julie Torris...
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Mabel Tainter Memorial Theater

Date: 2009
Description: Entrance vestibule of Mabel Tainter Memorial Theater.
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Mabel Tainter Memorial Theater

Date: 2009
Description: Close-up of stained glass window in the Mabel Tainter Memorial Theater commemorating Andrew and Bertha Tainter and produced by Tiffany Glass Company.
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Main Lounge at Doctor's Hospital

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Description: Interior of the main lounge of the Doctor's Hospital, founded by Theodore Atlas in the early 1900's. The view from across the room shows furniture, tables...
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Director's Room at Doctor's Hospital

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Description: Interior of the Director's Room at the Doctor's Hospital, founded by Theodore Atlas in the early 1900's. The view includes a long table with chairs surroun...
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Library at Doctor's Hospital

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Description: Interior of the library at the Doctor's Hospital, founded by Theodore Atlas in the early 1900's. The view includes a table and chairs with a fireplace and...
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Sitting Place at Saint Mary's Sanatorium

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Description: Interior of a sitting place at Saint Mary's Sanatorium, founded in 1880 by Bishop Salpointe. The room holds chairs and tables, and decorative art lines the...
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The Elton Hotel

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Description: Interior of the Flemish Dining Room at the Elton Hotel, built in 1905. Decorative lighting surrounds a domed skylight, and below, tables are set for a meal...
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Fairlawn Hotel

Date: 1910
Description: View looking south inside a guest room at 'Fairlawn' Hotel (?). The room features tables, chairs, and decorative items above a fireplace. Published by Ye...
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Hanson Hotel

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Description: Interior of the Hawaiian Room at Hanson Hotel, one of the original structures built near Oquaga Lake. The room is decorated with palm trees that protrude ...
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Music Room at Academy of Jesus and Mary

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Description: A piano stands on a carpet among chairs and decorative plants inside a music room at the Academy of Jesus and Mary. Paintings and statues stand on the pian...
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West Side Garden Club Holiday House Decorations

Date: 12 08 1953
Description: "Umbrella Tree," an original holiday table/window decoration utilizing old umbrella spokes, was created by Ethel (Mrs. Philip H.) Falk of 3721 Council Cres...
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Trelawny House Bedroom at Pendarvis Complex

Date: 1936
Description: Bedroom in Trelawny House. Furniture includes a 4-poster bed, two chairs, a chest, a dresser, and a wash basin and ewer on a stand.
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East Side Window at Methodist Church

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Description: Interior view of a stained-glass window with an image of a virgin. Placed in memory of Dudley Spaulding. Identified as an east side window in the Methodist...
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Booming Artificial Christmas Tree Market

Date: 12 17 1964
Description: Jimmy Zimmerman, age 6, is looking over a polyvinyl Christmas tree at the Dream Lanes bowling alley on Cottage Grove Road. Green polyvinyl is the latest th...
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The Way House of Light

Date: 1982
Description: View looking up at the facade of a house. A sign at the bottom reads: "Atlantis" fashioned in wire. Above the sign is a painting that includes two male fac...
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Artist's Studio in Blue Mounds

Date: 06 06 2015
Description: Slightly elevated view of a studio, with etchings, blank canvases, rolls of paper, and various tools covering every surface of the numerous tables and shel...

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